We, the Editors and Publisher of the journal Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, have retracted the following article:
Huawei Ni, Guoxiu Wang, Yu Xu, Xiaomin Gu, Chengzhang Sun & Haibo Li (2019) Lycium barbarum polysaccharide alleviates IL-1β-evoked chondrogenic ATDC5 cell inflammatory injury through mediation of microRNA-124. Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 47(1), 4046–4052, DOI:10.1080/21691401.2019.1673765
Since publication, concerns have been raised about the integrity of the data in the article. When approached for an explanation, the authors checked their data and confirmed there are fundamental errors present. Therefore, they have agreed to the retraction of this article. The authors apologise for this oversight.
We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.